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US 10,245,231 B2Granted
Dry acid concentrate in granulate form
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
InventorsThierry Eyrard, Philippe Laffay, Benoit Luaire
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel dry acid concentrate (DAC) for a dialysis liquid and to a dialysis liquid, which is made from said concentrate, and which may be used for purifying blood. The invention further relates to a method of making the dry acid concentrate as well as the dialysis liquid. It also relates to a container (10) comprising said acid concentrate, and which is—in certain embodiments—specially adapted to a dialysis unit.
Claims19
A dry concentrate suitable to form a liquid acid concentrate or a part of a liquid acid concentrate usable in dialysis comprising
- a first component comprising a first granulate comprising a plurality of first granules comprising sodium chloride and glucose, wherein the first granules are aggregates comprising sodium chloride and glucose and
- a second component comprising a second granulate comprising a plurality of second granules, wherein said second granules comprise at least one further physiologically acceptable electrolyte, which is different from sodium chloride,
- or a second component in the form of a powder, wherein said powder comprises at least one further physiologically acceptable electrolyte which is different from sodium chloride, and
- wherein said powder comprises a plurality of fine particles, wherein each particle comprises or consists of one of said at least one further physiologically acceptable electrolyte,
- or a mixture of said second granulate and said powder;
- wherein said concentrate is substantially free of a base component that is suitably used in dialysis, and the second component comprises MgCl2, CaCl2 and KCl.
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